{"version":"2.1.312","anchor":"ctrl-d-in-empty-bash-mode-returns-to-prompt-mode","canonical_anchor":"ctrl-d-in-empty-bash-mode-returns-to-prompt-mode","heading":"Ctrl-D in an empty bash mode prompt switches back to normal input","tier":"use","area":"Bash Mode","scope":"individual","heads_up":true,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.312\/e\/ctrl-d-in-empty-bash-mode-returns-to-prompt-mode","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.312","markdown":"### Ctrl-D in an empty bash mode prompt switches back to normal input\n\nPressing Ctrl-D while in bash mode with nothing typed now returns the input box to normal prompt mode\n\n**Unclear.** Whether pressing Ctrl-D twice still exits Claude Code from an empty bash mode prompt is not known.\n\n**What**\n\nBash mode is the input mode where what you type is run directly as a shell command. If you are in bash mode and the input is empty, pressing Ctrl-D now first switches you back to the normal prompt mode, before the usual Ctrl-D handling runs.\n\n**Why**\n\nCtrl-D now gives you a quick way out of bash mode, which you may notice when you press it.\n\n- Area: Bash Mode\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: yes"}